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Let’s Go Crevicing for Gold
January 2008 by Chris Ralph
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Legislative and Regulatory Update
- Administration issues proposals to fix mining access and permitting
- Online “webinar” and request for comments for proposed Forest Service NEPA revisions
Melman on Gold & Silver
Putting it all together, we have indications that the petroleum price increases could continue and we believe that if that is the case, the impact on precious metals would be positive.
Grandfather John's Notes
In June 1997, a story I wrote was printed in the Journal titled, “His Name Was John.” Occasionally Grandfather John jotted down notes about his life in America and in the mines. He planned to give these mementos to his sons. The only time he wrote home was to let his wife know when he was booking a trip back to Italy. He sent whatever money he could from his pay in the Argonaut and Kennedy mines in Jackson, California. Mailing letters was expensive, as was everything else.
Looking Back
Excerpts from California Mining Journal, our original title, published 50 years ago this month.
The Basics of Small-Scale Heap Leaching with Cyanide
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There's a First Time for Everyone
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Preparing For The 2021 Mining Season
On my final prospecting day of 2020, I went up to a spot where I had found gold years before and had my best day of the year—four nuggets for nearly one-quarter-ounce of gold.
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The Journal Welcomes Chris Ralph as Associate Editor
• The Bawl Mill
• Global Hunter
• New Study of the Formation of Nuggets—Part II
• Michigan DEQ Approves Upper Peninsula Mine
• Mining Restrictions Lifted in Southwest Alaska
• Silver Bonanza in the Sierra Madre: The Glorious Past of Batopilas—Conclusion
• 2007 Annual Photo Contest Winners
• Exploring La Trinidad Mine
• There’s Still Gold In Oregon’s Umpqua River
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices